Ricardo Chia, MD, is fellowship trained in hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology.
Dr. Chia began his education at UC Davis, earning a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences. He then attended The George Washington University in Washington, DC, for his doctoral degree. He pursued his internal medicine residency at University of Illinois Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.
He pursued several fellowships to deepen his expertise in cardiology. He trained at UT Southwestern Medical Center for a Hypertension Fellowship in Dallas, Texas, where he focused on secondary hypertension and T32 research. He then trained in a Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, working in inpatient cardiology, including arrhythmia and cardiac cath care. He also rotated through subspecialty rotations in heart failure and advanced imaging. Finally, he trained in an Advanced Heart Failure Transplant Cardiology Fellowship at Stanford University Hospital in Cupertino, managing advanced heart failure patients, including those with LVADs, RVADs, ECMO, and post-heart transplant.
His research interests extend to his professional work, including right ventricular failure, advanced heart failure therapies, transplant cardiology, mechanical circulatory support, aTTR amyloidosis, and social determinants of transplant eligibility.
Dr. Chia is also fluent in Spanish and conversant in Cantonese.